First, the Expected Move. The Expected Move is the amount that options traders believe a stock price will move up or down. It can serve as a quick way to see where real-money option traders are ...
Realized Volatility is a key financial metric that measures the historical price fluctuations of an asset, typically a stock, currency, or commodity, over a specific period. Unlike implied volatility, ...
John Summa is the founder of OptionsNerd.com and has authored a number of books. He has 6+ years as a chief economist and derivatives strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical ...
The stock market was "volatile" in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was "volatile" again, to a lesser degree, ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Maybe you've heard about the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kristin McKenna, President, Darrow Wealth Management in Boston, MA There’s plenty for investors to worry about when their ...
It is doubtful that any level of sophistication in the use of financial instruments will ever create a new paradigm of permanently lower volatility. Complicated derivatives and securitizations are ...
Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...
Typically in investing, the more risk an investor takes on, the higher their possible reward. This risk-reward trade-off sits at the heart of financial markets. But this trade-off doesn’t apply to all ...